After traveling through time, I led the whole village to become rich!

The next morning, Zhang Hulan and Zhao Guoliang went to the county town.

Arriving at the county government office, Zhao Guoliang approached the guard at the gate and asked, "Excuse me, sir, is Chief Clerk Xiong currently at the county government office?"

The yamen runner asked, "What do you want from Chief Clerk Xiong?"

Zhao Guoliang pointed at Zhang Hulan and said, "A villager in our village divorced her husband's family and wants to establish a female household in the village."

The yamen runner nodded and said, "Wait a minute, I'll go and inform you."

"Okay, thank you for your help, sir."

The yamen runner came out quickly and said, "You guys go in. Chief Clerk Xiong happens to be free now."

Zhao Guoliang bowed and said, "Thank you, sir."

Zhao Guoliang took Zhang Hulan into the county government office. When passing by a yamen runner, Zhang Hulan grabbed a handful of copper coins and stuffed them into the runner's hand, saying, "I'm here to treat you guys to a drink. Don't think it's too little."

The bailiff was stunned for a moment, then took it with a smile.

Entering the county government office and finding the chief clerk's office, Zhao Guoliang knocked on the door. The clerks in the office all looked up at the door. Chief Clerk Xiong also looked up at the door. He said, "Are you the ones who want to establish a female household?"

Zhao Guoliang walked into the office with a smile and said, "Yes, Chief Clerk Xiong."

"Which village are you from?"

Zhao Guoliang replied: "From Daping Village."

Chief Clerk Xiong asked the clerk to find the household registration book of Daping Village and then asked, "What's your name? Why do we need to set up a female household?"

Zhang Hulan said, "My surname is Zhang, and my given name is Hulan. I married to Legong Village a few years ago, but now I've divorced my ex-husband and returned to my parents' home. But my parents have an older brother and a younger brother, and they separated a few days ago. I'm currently staying at my eldest brother's house, which is quite inconvenient, so I want to set up a female household and build my own house."

When Chief Clerk Xiong heard Zhang Hulan's name, he glanced at her for a moment longer and asked, "Did you bring the divorce papers?"

"I brought them." Zhang Hulan immediately took out the divorce documents and the severance agreement, saying, "Master, I have both. I have three daughters, and we've already severed our ties with my ex-husband's family. I'd like to change their surnames. Is that possible?"

Xiong Zhubu took Zhang Hulan's divorce letter and severance letter, looked at them, and nodded, saying, "As long as there's a severance letter, it can be changed."

Xiong Zhubu then asked the clerk to fetch the household register of Legong Village. He found Zhang Hulan's name in the register and pointed at it, saying, "Please check and see if it's your name."

Zhang Hulan looked at it and saw her name next to the Chen family's. She nodded and said, "Yes, that's it."

Zhang Hulan also pointed at the names of Chen Daya, Chen Erya, and Chen Sanya and said, "These three are the daughters of the common people."

Chief Clerk Xiong flipped through the household registration book for Daping Village and asked, "What's your father's name?"

Zhang Hulan replied, "My name is Zhang Dahe."

Xiong Zhubu found Zhang Dahe's name and also saw Zhang Hulan's original record. He said, "Please check to see if this is the name and the names of your parents and brothers."

Zhang Hulan nodded again, "That's right."

Chief Clerk Xiong nodded, took a pen and crossed out the names of Zhang Hulan, Daya, Erya and Sanya from the household registration book of Legong Village, and made a record: on a certain day of a certain month of a certain year, and for what reason the household registration was moved.

Then Zhang Hulan's name was written again on the household registration book of Daping Village.

"Your three daughters changed their surnames to Zhang?"

Zhang Hulan said, "Master, I have named all three of my daughters. The eldest is Zhang Xinyao, the second is Zhang Xinyi, and the third is Zhang Xinyue."

"Zhang Xinyao, Zhang Xinyi, Zhang Xinyue, you are good at naming."

Xiong Zhubu said something and wrote down the three names. Then he wrote a household registration card for Zhang Hulan, stamped it with the official seal, and asked Zhang Hulan to pay ten coins. Then Zhang Hulan's female household registration was established.

Zhang Hulan didn't expect things to go so smoothly.

"Thank you, thank you! Sorry to bother you, Master Xiong." Zhang Hulan thanked him repeatedly.

Xiong Zhubu smiled and said, "You're welcome. I know you. You've found a lot of food for the villagers in each village. You've saved many lives."

"Ah? Chief Clerk Xiong knows about this girl?"

Xiong Zhubu said, "The wages and rewards the county magistrate gives you must all pass through my hands."

"I'm sorry to have embarrassed you, Chief Clerk Xiong."

"Hey, how can this be laughable? You're doing a good deed. Because you've been helping the villagers find food these past few days, the villagers in each village haven't fled the famine, and you've helped retain a lot of people in the county. That's a great contribution."

Xiong Zhubu then said, "When you return, ask Zhao Lizheng to divide your land among you: five acres of good farmland and five acres of mountain land."

As they were talking, a yamen runner came to report: "Master Xiong, the imperial relief grain has arrived. The county magistrate wants you to check and hand it over as soon as possible."

"Has the relief food arrived?" Xiong Zhubu's face showed joy. "Let's go, let's go and take a look."

Xiong Zhubu immediately took his men to the outside of the county government office, and Zhang Hulan and Zhao Guoliang followed him out.

Outside the county government office, there was a long line of mule carts, each loaded with grain.

There was also joy in Zhao Guoliang's eyes.

Wu Deyong was stunned when he saw Zhang Hulan and Zhao Guoliang, and asked, "Why are you here?"

Zhang Hulan bowed and said, "Your Excellency the County Magistrate, I have come to the county office to register as a female resident."

Xiong Zhubu briefly explained the situation, and Wu Deyong nodded and said, "I heard about your situation from the yamen runners. Since you have established a female household, you should live a good life with your child in the future. If you have any difficulties, you can come to the county office to see me."

"Thank you for your concern!"

Wu Deyong waved his hand and said, "Alright, I'm busy now, so I won't say any more to you."

"Then I won't delay your business, my lord. I'll take my leave."

Zhang Hulan and Zhao Guoliang left the county government office. Zhao Guoliang said happily, "We found a lot of food in the mountains, and now the relief food has arrived. Now everyone can rest assured."

"Hu Lan, are you okay? If not, I'll go to the grain store and buy some food."

Zhang Hulan said, "That's perfect. I'm planning to buy some things to take back too."

When I arrived at the grain store, the price of rice was still the same as last time, 60 wen per dou of rice and 35 wen per dou of brown rice. The price of grain had not increased.

Zhao Guoliang bought ten dou of brown rice. Although the relief grain had arrived, County Magistrate Wu had said last time that each person would receive a small amount, so he still had to buy some to store for peace of mind.

Zhang Hulan didn't buy brown rice, as there was still a lot of brown rice at home. She bought some more rice and then bought 300 kilograms of wheat.

Zhao Guoliang asked in surprise, "You bought so much wheat?"

Zhang Hulan said, "I'm going to build a house, so I'm going to have to hire help and provide food."

Zhao Guoliang nodded. If you hire someone to help build a house, you don't have to pay them, but you still have to provide them with two meals.

After buying food, Zhang Hulan also bought some cotton cloth, three pounds of meat, and some bones. The meat was cut into two strips, one weighing two pounds, and the other one weighing one pound.

After buying things, I returned to Daping Village.